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Bouvet Island
Norwegian uninhabited subantarctic volcanic island
Mauna Kea
Hawaiian volcano
Olympus Mons
tallest volcano on Mars
Mauna Loa
volcano on the island of Hawaii in Hawaii, United States
Lord Howe Island
island in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, part of New South Wales
Peter I Island
Norwegian territorial claim and volcanic island in the Bellingshausen Sea
Kīlauea
Kīlauea ( , ) is an active shield volcano in the Hawaiian Islands. It is located along the southeastern shore of Hawaii Island. The volcano is between 210,000 and 280,000 years old and grew above sea level about 100,000 years ago. Since the islands were settled, it has been the most active of the five volcanoes that together form the island and among the most active volcanoes on Earth. The most recent eruption began in December 2024, with episodic lava fountains and flows continuing into 2026.
Coco Island
island in the Pacific Ocean administered by Costa Rica
Upolu
Upolu is an island in Samoa, formed by a massive basaltic shield volcano which rises from the seafloor of the western Pacific Ocean. The island is long and in area, making it the second largest of the Samoan Islands by area. With approximately 145,000 inhabitants, it is by far the most populous of the Samoan Islands. Upolu is situated to the southeast of Savai'i, the "big island". Apia, the capital, is in the middle of the north coast, and Faleolo International Airport at the western end of the island. The island has not had any historically recorded eruptions, although there is evidence of th

Savai'i
thumb|Savaii volcano, as seen from the NASA's Earth Observing-1|EO-1 satellite in July 2010

Anjouan
Anjouan () is an autonomous volcanic island in the Comoro Islands in the southwestern Indian Ocean, part of the Union of the Comoros. It is known in Shikomori as Ndzuani, Ndzuwani or Nzwani, and, until the early twentieth century when the name fell out of general use (although still sometimes used by English-speakers in Zanzibar), in English as Johanna. Historically it was also called Hinzuan or Hanzoan.

São Tomé Island
largest island of São Tomé and Príncipe
Prince Edward Islands
sub-Antarctic islands belonging to South Africa

Lanai
Lānai, sometimes written Lanai, is the sixth-largest of the Hawaiian Islands and the smallest publicly accessible inhabited island in the chain. It is colloquially known as the Pineapple Island because of its past as an island-wide pineapple plantation. The island's only settlement of note is the small town of Lānai City. The island is 98% owned by Larry Ellison, cofounder and chairman of Oracle Corporation; the remaining 2% is owned by the state of Hawaii or individual homeowners.
Ball's Pyramid
an island and an erosional remnant of a shield volcano southeast of Lord Howe Island in the Pacific
Erta Ale
volcano in Ethiopia
Madeira Island
island of Portugal

Hallasan
Hallasan () is a shield volcano comprising much of Jeju Island in South Korea. Its summit, at , is the highest point in the country. The area around the mountain is a designated national park, named Hallasan National Park. Hallasan is commonly considered to be one of the three main mountains of South Korea, along with Jirisan and Seoraksan.

Nyamuragira
Nyamuragira, also known as Nyamulagira, is an active shield volcano in the Virunga Mountains of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, situated about north of Lake Kivu. The name is derived from Mashi language.
Santa Cruz Island
island of the Galápagos Islands

Haleakalā
thumb|right|250px|Sunrise at Haleakalā
Haleakalā (; Hawaiian: ), or the East Maui Volcano, is a massive, active shield volcano that forms more than 75% of the Hawaiian Island of Maui. The western 25% of the island is formed by another volcano, Mauna Kahalawai, also referred to as the West Maui Mountains.
Piton de la Fournaise
Volcano on the French oversea department La Réunion
Fernandina Island
Western island in the Galapagos Archipelago in Ecuador
Mount Terror
volcano on Ross Island, Antarctica
Mount Karthala
Volcano in Comores
Ascraeus Mons
Martian shield volcano
Volcán Wolf
mountain in Ecuador
Pinta Island
Island in the Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador
Santiago Island
Island in the Galápagos Archipelago, Ecuador
Socorro Island
island in Mexico
Piton des Neiges
mountain in Réunion

Niuafoʻou
thumb|290px|Map of Niuafoʻou Island
Niuafoou (meaning 'many new coconuts') is the northernmost island in the kingdom of Tonga. One of the Niua Islands, it is located in the southern Pacific Ocean between Fiji and Samoa, north of Tongatapu island group and northwest of Vavaʻu. It is a volcanic rim island with an area of and a population of 431 (as of 2021). The volcano is active and has erupted regularly since 1814, with its last major eruption in 1985.

Aoba Island
Ambae, also known as Aoba, Omba, Oba, or Opa and formerly Lepers’ Island, is an island in the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, approximately north-northwest of Vanuatu's capital city, Port Vila. It is also Vanuatu's largest active volcano.
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Taʻū
Taʻū is the largest inhabited island in the Manuʻa Islands in American Samoa and the easternmost volcanic island of the Samoan Islands. In the early 19th century, the island was sometimes called Opoun.
Hayli Gubbi
volcano in Ethiopia

Hengill
Hengill () is a volcanic table mountain situated in the south-west of Iceland, to the south of Þingvellir.
Pico de São Tomé
mountain in Sao Tomé-et-Principe
Mount Sidley
highest dormant volcano in Antarctica
Alejandro Selkirk Island
island of Chile
Pico Basilé
mountain
Maat Mons
mons on Venus
Genovesa Island
Island in the Galapagos Archipelago in Ecuador
Ofu-Olosega
Ofu and Olosega are parts of a volcanic doublet in the Manuʻa Islands, which is a part of American Samoa in the Samoan Islands. These twin islands, formed from shield volcanoes, have a combined length of 6 km and a combined area of . Together, they have a population of about 500 people. Geographically, the islands are volcanic remnants separated by the narrow, Āsaga Strait, composed of shallow-water coral reef. Before 1970, people crossed between the two islands by waiting until low tide and then wading across the shallow water of the strait. Since 1970, there has been a bridge over the s
Banks Peninsula
Peninsula south of Christchurch, New Zealand
Mount Okmok
mountain in United States of America
Mount Berlin
Volcano in West Antarctica
Mount Wrangell
volcano in Alaska, United States

Hualālai
Hualālai (pronounced in Hawaiian) is an active shield volcano on the island of Hawaii in the Hawaiian Islands. It is the westernmost, third-youngest and the third-most active of the five volcanoes that form the island of Hawaii, following Kīlauea and the much larger Mauna Loa. Its peak stands above sea level. Hualālai is estimated to have risen above sea level about 300,000 years ago. Despite maintaining a very low level of activity since its last eruption in 1801, and being unusually inactive for the last 2,000 years, Hualālai is still considered active, and is expected to erupt again sometim
Menengai
Menengai Crater is a massive shield volcano with one of the biggest calderas in the world, in the Great Rift Valley, Kenya. It is the largest volcano caldera in Kenya and the second largest volcano caldera in Africa. Volcanic formed rich loam soils enrich the adjacent farmland around its flanks.
The crater is on the floor of the Rift Valley. The volcano formed about 200,000 years ago and the prominent 12 x 8 km caldera formed about 8000 years ago. The caldera floor is covered with numerous post caldera lava flows.
The Menengai volcano is considered one of the best-preserved Krakatau-sty
Mount Giluwe
Eroded shield volcano in Papua New Guinea
Mount Waialeale
mountain
Alcedo Volcano
mountain in Ecuador
Mount Takahe
shield volcano in Antarctica
Mount Andrus
volcano in Antarctica
Karaca Dağ
volcano in eastern Turkey
Mount Sanford
mountain
Mount Siple
mountain in Antarctica
Zuqar Island
island in the Red Sea
Mount Tendürek
mountain in Turkey
Cerro Azul
mountain